Today there wasn't any big surprises for the upcoming winter storm. I will have to tweak my snowfall map but there is no really big changes to make. Winter storm watches have been issued for a large chunk of northern New England. I expect these to expand and become winter storm warnings in the next 24 hours. It has become apparent that icing will be a major problem with this storm. I expect freezing rain advisories or winter weather advisories to extend into Pennsylvania. I wouldn't be surprised if someplace got an ice storm warning. I will be keeping you updated all day on what is going on with this winter storm. I will also have surface maps for Saturday through Sunday.

As for the Alberta clipper for Tuesday through Wednesday the models are split down the middle. Half of them show a very weak system that doesn't drop more than a couple inches. The other half of the models show the storm strengthening along the coast. It is still pretty far out so we will have to wait and see what happens.